Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin Buy Now inscribed “Den Kriegsfreiwilligen 1914” (To

inscribed “Den Kriegsfreiwilligen 1914” (To the War Volunteers)

the reverse stamped with a manufacture date of “1911”

Reichszeugmeisterei” and number stamped "056243

red wool in the void of the crown

located in the Philippines

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Schwerin Buy Now inscribed “Den Kriegsfreiwilligen 1914” (To(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Re Issued on 3 October 1939 by Karl Dnitz. (1939 1945 Issue). Constructed of gilt tombak in the shape of a horizontally oriented oval laurel wreath, with a national eagle placed on top of the badge clutching a mobile swastika, and with a submarine superimposed in the center of the badge, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of